
From his first performance at age four, Willie Nelson was driven to make music and live life on his own terms. But though he is a songwriter of exceptional depth - "Crazy" was one of his early classics - Willie only found success after abandoning Nashville and moving to Austin, Texas.Red Headed Stranger made country cool to a new generation of fans. Wanted: The Outlaws became the first country alb...
Hardcover: 576 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (April 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316017787
ISBN-13: 978-0316017787
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 2 x 9.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 1292811
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This is a well researched and unbiased account of WN's life. The detail of research is worthy of the highest academic standards, yet the writing style is engaging and alive and at times gripping. I was not a WN fan when I started the book but when ...
a million copies. And "On the Road Again" became the anthem for Americans on the move. A craggy-faced, pot-smoking philosopher, Willie Nelson is one of America's great iconoclasts and idols.Now Joe Nick Patoski draws on over 100 interviews with Willie and his family, band, and friends to tell Nelson's story, from humble Depression-era roots, to his musical education in Texas honky-tonks and his flirtations with whiskey, women, and weed; from his triumph with #1 hit "Always On My Mind" to his nearly career-ending battles with debt and the IRS; and his ultimate redemption and ascension to American hero